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DeskScapes gives you the capability to animate and customize the wallpaper on your Windows desktop. Choose from the massive integrated library or use your own images or video files to personalize your desktop.
Personalize your desktop with generated wallpapers, animations, and video.
 
[[File:Ds11_ann_ss01-min.png|350px]]


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Key Features </h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Key Features </h2>
*Create your own animated backgrounds with pictures and video
* Playlists – Picking a single background can be tough but with Playlists, you can create a collection of your favorite images.
*Explore dozens of different customization options including drawing tools, brushes, logos, particle effects, and much more using a powerful design tool
* Generation – Easily create images using your local hardware, upscale an existing image to 4k, or easily apply an entirely new artistic style to any wallpaper in your collection.
*Customize your backgrounds with over 60 special effects
* Effects – Apply a wide range of special effects to your background, including color filters, textures, blurs, and over 120 effects to mix and match.
*Share your creations easily thanks to seamless cloud integration
* Organization – DeskScapes 2026 is built from the ground-up to make it the easiest way to manage your desktop wallpapers, animated backgrounds, and to create new backgrounds.
*Browse thousands of user-created backgrounds right from within the app
* Configuration – DeskScapes 2026's user-friendly design makes it easy to find your wallpapers, make adjustments, and organize them for future use.
*Add backgrounds of your choice to a playlist and cycle through them on your desktop as often as you like
*Display your system resources or add a clock directly on your desktop background
 
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Features</h2>
DeskScapes adds a host of desktop background features to Windows like animated wallpapers, advanced background customization, and much more. You can create your own backgrounds using personal images or video, or choose a pre-existing background from the massive cloud-integrated library.
 
[[File:Ds_categories-min.png|350px]]
 
===Customize===
'''Add uniqueness to your PC'''
 
Choose from thousands of animated or static backgrounds using our integrated cloud system right from within the app. With hundreds of different options, you can turn any image or video into a special background for your PC.
 
'''Make a playlist of your favorite backgrounds'''


Can't choose just one? No problem! The new playlist feature lets you choose as many backgrounds as you want and set them up in a cycled playlist. You can select the timing intervals of how often it changes – from as little as once every 30 seconds to anytime you log in or start up – so you'll be able to enjoy all of your favorites any time you want.
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Features </h2>


[[File:Ds_playlist-min.png|350px]]
===Turn your static desktop into a vibrant canvas.===
Turn your static desktop into an animated work of art.


*'''DeskScapes makes it easy to animate your desktop'''<br/>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0 22px;">Turn any image or video into a background for your PC.</p>


===Create===
*'''Bring images to life'''<br/>
'''Create your own animated backgrounds with DreamMaker Pro'''
<p style="margin: 0 0 0 22px;">Enhance static photos with over 60 special effects.</p>


This powerful creation tool is designed to make it easy to make your own animated backgrounds. You can start with an image of your own or select one that comes with the app. When you're done customizing, DeskScapes will convert the file into a Dream, which will allow your PC to play the animation as a background.
[[File:ds2026-home-L1A.png|400px]]


'''Add special effects using dozens of available tools'''


With DreamMaker Pro, you will have plenty of different tools at your disposal to make a unique background just for you. You can add animated objects like clouds or lightning bolts, use brushes to apply overall effects like darkening at custom intervals, apply text while utilizing a variety of fonts, and so much more.
===Creativity made easy with all the tools you need.===
Create backgrounds or browse community designs.


[[File:Ds_create-min.png|350px]]
*'''Local Image Generation Made Easy'''<br/>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0 22px;">Easily create unique background images on your device using your GPU, no tokens or internet required.</p>


*'''Add a new artistic style to any image with AI Restyle'''<br/>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0 22px;">Choose from dozens of styles to add a new design to any existing image or easily upscale it to 4k.</p>


===Stylize===
[[File:ds2026-home-L2.png|400px]]
'''Add cool effects to your background'''


You don't have to dive deep into the DreamMaker Pro to create custom backgrounds – you can alter existing ones easily! Right from within the DeskScapes menu, you can apply a wide range of special effects to your background, including color filters, textures, blurs, and over 120 effects to mix and match.


'''Select different backgrounds for each monitor'''
===Organize your creations with an intuitive interface.===
DeskScapes makes it easy to manage your backgrounds.


If you work with multiple monitors, you'll love the option to apply a different background – or playlist! - to each of them.
*'''Create playlists of your favorite backgrounds'''<br/>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0 22px;">Can't choose a favorite background? Create a playlist to cycle through your favorite designs.</p>


'''Add a clock or display system settings'''
*'''Organized to perfection'''<br/>
Display additional information conveniently on your desktop where it's easy to see. You can customize what information is shown, from a clock to system information like CPU and memory usage. Choose what font it shows in, the position on your screen, the size, and the text color.
<p style="margin: 0 0 0 22px;">Never lose another wallpaper again as DeskScapes makes it easy organize your backgrounds.</p>


[[File:Ds_effects-min.png|350px]]
[[File:ds2026-home-L3.png|400px]]




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| sections_title = Featured Screenshot
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<span style="margin-left:-0.4em;">[[File:Deskscapes_thumb.jpg|319px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6V8ntd8-TA]]</span>
<span style="margin-left:-0.4em;">[[File:ds2026-release-ss01-thumb.jpg|319px|link=https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/deskscapes2026/images/screenshots/release/ds2026_release_ss01.png]]</span>
| articles_title = Important Pages
| articles_title = Important Pages
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<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Media </h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Media </h2>
*[[DeskScapes Videos|DeskScapes Videos]]
*[[DeskScapes Screenshots|Screenshots]]  
*[[DeskScapes Screenshots|Screenshots]]  


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*[https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/dream DeskScapes wallpaper downloads]
*[https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/dream DeskScapes wallpaper downloads]
*[[DeskScapes History|History of DeskScapes]]
*[[DeskScapes History|History of DeskScapes]]
*[[DeskScapes Changelog|DeskScapes Changelog]]
*[https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/history DeskScapes Changelog]
*[[DeskScapes System Requirements|System Requirements]]
*[[DeskScapes System Requirements|System Requirements]]
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> DeskScapes Tutorials</h2>
*[[3 Tips for Using Stardock DeskScapes|3 Tips for Using Stardock DeskScapes]]
*[[How to Create an Animated Wallpaper Using DreamMaker|How to Create an Animated Wallpaper Using DreamMaker]]
*[[DeskScapes: Using Random Wallpapers on Your Desktop|DeskScapes: Using Random Wallpapers on Your Desktop]]


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Official Pages </h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Official Pages </h2>
*[https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/ DeskScapes Website]  
*[https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/ DeskScapes Website]  
*[https://forums.stardock.com/forum/432 DeskScapes Forums]
*[https://forums.stardock.com/forum/432 DeskScapes Forums]
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1027220/DeskScapes/ DeskScapes on Steam]
*[https://www.facebook.com/official.stardock/ Stardock Facebook]  
*[https://www.facebook.com/official.stardock/ Stardock Facebook]  
*[https://twitter.com/stardock Stardock Twitter]  
*[https://twitter.com/stardock Stardock Twitter]  

Latest revision as of 14:58, 21 May 2026

Featured Screenshot

Important Pages

About DeskScapes

Personalize your desktop with generated wallpapers, animations, and video.

Key Features

  • Playlists – Picking a single background can be tough but with Playlists, you can create a collection of your favorite images.
  • Generation – Easily create images using your local hardware, upscale an existing image to 4k, or easily apply an entirely new artistic style to any wallpaper in your collection.
  • Effects – Apply a wide range of special effects to your background, including color filters, textures, blurs, and over 120 effects to mix and match.
  • Organization – DeskScapes 2026 is built from the ground-up to make it the easiest way to manage your desktop wallpapers, animated backgrounds, and to create new backgrounds.
  • Configuration – DeskScapes 2026's user-friendly design makes it easy to find your wallpapers, make adjustments, and organize them for future use.

Features

Turn your static desktop into a vibrant canvas.

Turn your static desktop into an animated work of art.

  • DeskScapes makes it easy to animate your desktop

Turn any image or video into a background for your PC.

  • Bring images to life

Enhance static photos with over 60 special effects.


Creativity made easy with all the tools you need.

Create backgrounds or browse community designs.

  • Local Image Generation Made Easy

Easily create unique background images on your device using your GPU, no tokens or internet required.

  • Add a new artistic style to any image with AI Restyle

Choose from dozens of styles to add a new design to any existing image or easily upscale it to 4k.


Organize your creations with an intuitive interface.

DeskScapes makes it easy to manage your backgrounds.

  • Create playlists of your favorite backgrounds

Can't choose a favorite background? Create a playlist to cycle through your favorite designs.

  • Organized to perfection

Never lose another wallpaper again as DeskScapes makes it easy organize your backgrounds.